Lymington  

Lymington is a small, bustling market town with an idyllic location between the New Forest to the north and the Hampshire coast to the south.  It is also important as a marina and mooring, located on the Solent which is always busy with yachts and other vessels. 

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The town itself is a pleasant mixture of Georgian and Victorian architecture but its beginnings go back much farther, to the medieval period when it was a centre for salt production.  

A car ferry operates a regular service to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. 

There are several castles in the area which formed part of Britain's coastal defences against the French and Spanish. Hurst Castle, built by Henry VIII as one of a chain of coastal fortresses, is located at the end of a shingle spit which extends 1 ½ miles from Milford-on-Sea and overlooking the Solent. The castle was completed in 1544. In 1648, Charles I was imprisoned here before being taken to London for his trial and execution. During the Napoleonic wars and again in the 1860s, the castle was modernised and enormous armoured wings were added to house huge new guns. 

What to see in Lymington

Boat Trips - from the quay and car ferry. 

Lymington and Keyhaven Nature Reserves

Nearby 

Beaulieu Abbey -  Palace House and Motor Museum - Beaulieu Estate, Beaulieu, Hampshire, SO42 7ZE Telephone: 01590 612345

Bucklers Hard Historical Village - Maritime Museum, Bucklers Hard, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, SO42 7XB Telephone: 01590 616203

Hurst Castle - Built by Henry VIII in 1544 to defend the dockyards. Milford on Sea, Hampshire, SO41 0TR Telephone: 01590 642344

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